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History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 3, 1947 (Sunday)
American Defense medals and
World War II Victory medals
are presented to 69 Navy veter
ans at a ceremony in city park.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Peace
rages throughout the world,
with, eight or ten wars under
way. 20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 2, 1937 (Monday)
One and one-half pound
loaves of bread advance to 15
cents today.
Oregon tomato growers join
other western farmer seeking
chain-store aid in meeting a sur
plus crop crisis.
30 YEARS AGO
Aug. 2, 1927 (Tuesday)
Owens-Oregon Lumber com
pany plant makes a test run and
cuts about 215,000 feet.
Sept. 23 to mark celebration
of Medford's Industrial- progress
and completion of new city
water system.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 2. 1917 (Thursday)
Fires around Applegate still
cause smoke in valley.
Fruit growers watch demon
stration of new roller conveyor
for distributing fruit boxes.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nfna or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight is axeeUent; five or
six Is good.
1. Was private possession of
the Bible ever prohibited by a
Christian ruler?
2. Has a cappella choir any
musical accompaniment?
3. Bible: Did Pilate have the
power to prevent the execution
of Jesus?
4. Is linseed oil made from
the seeds of buckwheat, flax,
or soybeans?
5. Is it possible to distinguish
race color by blood types?
6. Is the use of private auto
mobiles prohibited in Bermuda?
7. Did Eden, Chamberlain or
Churchill say that "Hitler has
missed the bus"?
8. Beaufort's scale indicates
the temperature of the atmo
sphere, weight of precious
stones, or strength of 'wind?
9. How do you pronounce
"cache"?
10. Smedes, Miss., Nov., 1902:
Roosevelt on h un ting trip;
reaches camp. He refuses to
shoot a small bear. Incident car
tooned by Berryman, which
started what vogue?
Answers: 1. Yes. By several.
2. No. 3. Yes. 4. Flax. 5. No. 6.
No. 7. Churchill. . Strength of
wind. 9 "Cash". 10. "Teddy"
bear (toy for children).
Air Force Changes
Mind oil Yanporl
Portland API The Air Force
Thursday backed away from its
proposal . to turn the Vanport J
site into a ' munitions storage
It offered to swap sites with
the city for similar acreage else
where on which ammunition fa
cilities could be located in the
future.
Ciy Commissioner Ormond R.
Bean suggested immediate pro
ceedings be started to acquire
the 640-acre Vanport site.
Many civic leaders, including
Mayor Terry Schrunk and Gov
ernor Robert Holmes, protested
the plans of the Air Force that
earlier called for turning the
Vanport site into a munitions
dump primarily for storage of
rockets. -
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Mexicans Due Soon
A group of sftveral hundred Mexican farm work
ers, under contract to Kogue valley fruit growers, will
start arriving here soon to assist in the pear harvest
This fact, coupled with slightly higer-thah-average
unemployment in the county, has caused considerable
resentment this year.
But that isn't the whole story. No local people will
be placed at a disadvantage by tRe arrival of the
Mexicans.
An estimated 5,000 or more people will be em
ployed in the harvest this year, which is now just
getting under way. John Patton, manager of the state
employment service office here, says more will be
employed in the packing houses and 'canneries than
in the orchards themselves, and that just about every
one in the county who can do the work wijl have a
chance for a job.
In all cases, qualified
preference over the Mexicans.
TOR the past several
enough workers here to
reason, the fruit growers,
ment of labor, have contracted to employ Mexicans.
Because in prior years employment levels at this time
of year have been high, there has been little criticism,
The contracts must be
workers arrive, and it is
far in advance how many
able. That was the situation this year. But even with
unemployment up this year, it is still doubtful if there
would be enough to handle
side help.
"THE fruit growers,' who
ucoit banc anvuici iu xuipiujui uic-iucAivai4i9
for they must pay them whether onot they, work, and
they cannot work if there are qualified local workers
available.
A department of labor
the program for employers. says the following:
"A United States agricultural worker may displace a
contracted Mexican worker in any agricultural' job. for
, which the domestic worker is qualified. If the domestic
worker is unemployed, or if he is employed and is looking
for a job that takes greater skill, or pays higher wages, he
must be given preference Over contracted Mexican workers,
wherever they may befempl6yed and in any kind of agri- -cultural
activity for which the dorrjgstlc worker is qualified.
"An employer must release all Mexican workers before
releasing domestic worker if it becomes necessary to cut
down the total number qf workers in his employ.
"An employer who employs both Mexican and domestic
workers must offer his dqgaestio) workers the opportunity
to work as many hours per day and as many days per week
as he offers the Mexican workers.".
THE rules'under which
here are equally, stringent in other regards, ihe
Mexicans are fully protected in their rights, as are the
domestic workers.
As a result, most employers: would far prefer to
use only domestic employee's. But since there have; not
been enough in recent years, they have been forced
to agree to the strict terms of the agreement covering
the Mexicans, simply to protect their harvests.
In view of the safeguards provided in the agree
ment, it is difficult, to see .how there could be any
legitimate resentment against thiseprogram. .
Local people are protected in their jobsthe Mex
icans are protected in their rights; the growers aft
assured enough help to harvest the erop, and the
entire economy of the county is given its annualstim
ulus. E.A. Q
Diets'' o
Some years ago a diet was, all that a person ha
bitually ate; now it's just as apt to be what a person
doesn't eat "
It has progressed to a point where the word has
almost lost its original meanings of an "habitual
course of living or eating," or a$"prescribeti allow
ance of food with reference to a particular state of
health."
More and more the word is being used to mean
only the fact that the dSeter is trying to lose weight.
THERE are all sorts of diets.
There are high- and low-protein diets; low cal
orie diets; diets guaranteed to slim one a little HERE
and others to slim one' THERE.
. Walter Slezak, the actor; prescribes a diet com
posed entirely of food you can't stand.
There are "health" diets of "natural" foods. There
are "quickie" diets to starve you rapidly, and long-drawn-out
diets to starve you slowly.
. .Q.
IT IS statistically true that overweight is unhealthy,
and on some people unattractive, which is presum
ably the reason for the rapid rise in the fad-diet
tendency these days.
Another reason probably is that Americans ftda
are eating more and richer food, and fattier food,
than any people ever ate before., 0
In our own feeble and weak-willed way, we too
have attempted to use dietary measures to counter
the growth of that portion of file anatomy euphemis
tically known as the "corporation."
Thus far, it has been a losing battle. Food just
tastes too darned good. Ask anyone on a diet.1 They're
apt to agree. E.A.
Tigard Killer Given Two Life Sentences
Hillsboro W John W. Gil
more, 49, confessed killer of two
Tigard, Ore., women June 16,
was sentenced to two concurrent
life sentences Thursday.
Gilmore had pleaded guilty to
second degree murder in the
deaths of Mrs. Eleanor Peters,
48, and Mrs. Myrtle Cooley, 42.
TAUt. Aufutt I. 1157
local workers will be given
years there have not been
handle the harvest For .this
through the U. S. depart
signed months before the
impossible to estimate that
local workers will-be avail
the harvest without out
,
a
are in a risky business at
pamphlet which outlines
the Mexicans are brought
Gilmore safi he shot the wom
en after Mrs.. Peters had told
him to get out of her house dur
ing an argumgit that climaxed
a several day drinking bout.
There are about 200 varieties
of soybeans grown throughout
the world.
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'6flfcJG OK THE V0TOOGS I GOT Alt THE
CHARCOAL M THE W8YCUIU
Devaluation, Savings
Discussed
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass. Statis-
tics can be used to prove what
you wqrtt to prove or they can
be u s e d tg
snow w n a i
they do prove
Money is used
u n i v e r sally
and its flue
tuitions must
always be con
sidered in all
c a 1 c u lations.
The problem
is to find a
Roger W Babsun
stable unit, of
value. On the
basis of a dollar worth 100 cents
in 1939, it is now worth 50 cents
and is going lower,
The money unit whether
it be a dollar, pound, or franc
has a tendency to , become less
and less valuable. Money is al-
ways a problem to every one,
from the paper boy to the Presi
dent of the United States. The
Government has debts even . as
apu and I. As the dollar , be
comes of less value, so do our
savings accounts and life insur
ance. The National Debt -
Wars are , the Govcernment's
most expensive cflst item. They
destroy wealth, - take the best
youth of the nations, settle noth
ing, and are supported by bor
rowed money. This debt must
be paid by the youtjj of the
country yet unborn. These Gov
ernment obligates are known
as the National Debt. In 1914,
the- National Debt was a little
overeone billion dollars. Today
it is around $275 billion and it
costs about $4 billion annually
to pay the interest on the debt.
We have foiftht wars to end all
wars, but the next gne may end
everyimng eise:
There are many pepple who
think that the National Debt ajd
the money problem could be
solved by printing more money.
When you stand in ?he balcony
of the Bureau of Printing and
Engraving, watch a worker hold
up a blank sheet of paper, push
it into a machine; pull a lever,
hold the sheet of paper up again
transformed into $1,000 bills,
you can readily see how tney
get that idoa.The end of print
ing such money .may be com
plete repudiation and catas
trophe.
Labor Unions
In 1933, Labor Unions had a
membership , of around 3 mil
lion; today it numbers around
18 million. Since we have a
civilian labor force of almost
70 million, this means that less
than 30 per cent ofthe workers
are unionized. However, the
leaders f this 30 per cent prac
tically set the standards for a
large majority of the nation's
workers. Some of the union ac
tivities are harmful both to the
general welfare of the nation
and to ,heir own members as
well. Labor should get a fair
wage but its production should
increase in line with "its wages.
Otherwise, these workers reduce
the value of your savings and
life insurance.
The Union demnd is always
for higher vtjages or shorter
hours. Employers are willing to
grant increases so long' as pro
duction is being increased, but
otherwise such raises are just
like printing-press money ' and
are foUowed by a rise in the
prices of consumer goods. In
creased prices are soon met by
another demand for an increase
in wages, " and the spiral goes
round and round. Ttgj vicious
circle continues: Increased
wages, increased costs of produc
tion, increasSa prices, then in
creased wag. This will go on
until tlft consumer ceases' to
buy and we have unemployment
and depression. "
Creeping Inflation
This prarliial increase in orices
ffessens by so much the value of
the dollar and of your savings
deposits and life insurance. This
situation is going on at the pres
ent time, and unless it is con
trolled it wiS causeotrouble in
time. The Federal Reserve Board
is trying to stem creeping infla
tion with tighter money. We
should all Encourage the Board
in its effort to protect the dol-.
by Babson
lar, our savings, and our life in
surance. Inflation does not ; in
crease the volume of business;
it just increases, the number, of
dollars necessary to carry on
business.
The Administration likes to
speak of the Gross National
Product, which .is measured in
dollars, because it probably
makes everybody feel .better;
but remember that it is measured
by a 50ent dollar rather tha j
by amounts of food, clothing,
and shelter. "
Johtjson Seems To Be
Winning Civil Rrghts
Battle in Selnate
By RAYMOND LAHR
United Press Correspondent
Washington Jfl Bill Know
land won the first' battles, but
Lyndon Johnson is winning the
war.
: These rival party lead&s in
the Senate have been pitted
against one another in every
ftnajor test since the -civil rights
bill, which was passed virtually
intact by theeHouse, was brought
before the Senate.
Knowland, GOP floor leader
and commander of a bi-partisan
coalition determined to ' pass a
civil rights bill this year, won
the opening rounds over proced
ure. Johnson taped his mcon
spicuous wounds and moved in to
win t bigger Rattles over the
substance of the bill. ' -
After Johnson's climactic mid?
night victory Thursday night in
his fight for a jury-trial amend
ment, the Senate is now on the
verge of passing a civil rights
bill for the first time since the
Reconstruction years just about
as Johnson visualized it would
when the battle was joined.
Two Johnson Victories
Forces backed by Johnson
have handed two defeats to the
President and Knowland, kill
ing a part of the. bill that -toiuld
have given the Justice Depart
ment sweeping and somewhat
vague powers to get injunctions
to protect a broad spectrum of
civil rights and winning the jury
trial amendment.
It is early to assess the im
pact of he Senate contest on the
political futures of Knowland
and Jonnson.
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Preview of the future:
- On a concrete pavement in the
grounds of the Pentagon build
ing in Washington this morning
a new-type plane called the Ver
tijet sat erect on its tail, with its
pilotit the controls. A command
was eiven. The Vertijet rose into
the air nose first and REMAIN
ED THERE with apparently
nothing between it and the
eround to hold it up. It was sup
ported by column of hot gas.
The pilot leveled, off his triangular-winged
plane and circled
the city of Washington. Then, tcej
prove that the gas column would
work on landings, as well as
take-offs,' he swished back over
the concrete platform, stood the
plane on its tail and eased it
down to a landing. .
The world moves swiftly
these days.
SPEAKING further of speed:
The U. S. Air Fore? cele
brating its 50th anniversary this
week predicts that within a
feg- years ?ts jet fighters will be
roaring through the skies at bet
ter than 2,000 MILES PER
HOUR.
At that rate assuming that
they can carr$ fuel enough for
the round trip they will be
able . to circle the world in less
than half a day.
Page the shade of Jules Verne,
Disarmament Parley, Germany,
Argentina Vote In Week's News
, By CHARLES M. McCANN .
United Press Correspondent '
The . week's good and bad
news on the international bal
ance sheet:
President Eisenhower' sent
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles to London this week to
untangle the
snarled dis
a r mament ne
gotiations. .
The United
States, Can
ada, Britain,
France and So
viet Russia are
trying to reach
first step"
Charles Mccma agreement
which would be a start toward
eventual general disarmament.
The Western Allies and Russia
were farm from agreement oik
the first step.
Dulles went to London, how
ever not to seek an Allied agree
ment with Russia but to get
agreement among the four West
erns powers themselves on a
plan for aerial inspection which
would guarantee fulfilment of
any "first step" treaty.
Hence Dulles spent most of
his time conferring with the
Western delegates and ' with
British Premier Harold Macntil
lan, British Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd and French For
eign Minister Christian. Pineau,
who was called over' from Paris.
'Agreement among the Allies
proved difficult, and meetings of
the disarmament delegates
constituting a subcommittee Of
the United Nations Disarma
ment commission - were post
poned from day- to day. ;
But it -was hoped that United
States chief delegate Harold
Stassen would be able to start by
Monday outlining to Soviet chief
Knowland it viewed as a prob
able candidate, for governor-? of
California next year and, if he
wins, for the GOP presidentisl
nomination m 1960. He hat stood
with th uncompromising cup-
porters of civil, rights legisla
tion in tune with Republican
thinking in' popufcus state's
whose national convention dele
gations and electoral votes swing
great weight in the selection of
a president..
Johnson Also a Possibility
Johnson is also regarded as a
possible - presidential candidate
despite his 1938 neart attack,
and although, he probably does
not even know himself whether
he will try for the 1960 nomina
tion. His success now could
make him a hero to admirers of
legislative skill. However,' ,this
admiration may not be shared
by Democratic National Conven
tion delegates from New 'York,
Illinois and similar states where
there is much, courting of the
Negro vote.
And if Johnson nails down
his victory - by getting the pres
ent bill passed m the' Senate,
Knowland still may have the
last word. A much-amended Sen
ate bill goes back to the, House,
which .could accept -the Senate
version or insist - that the dif
ferences be settled by i joint
conference committee. A biU
sent to conference could die
there or die later in a Senate
filibuster . this year or next.
Johnson crosses one bridge at
a time. He has managed to cross
two long ; ones.
JENKINS
CONTINUING the'speed theme:
If jet fighters can travel at
that speed, it must be assumed
that jet passenger planes will be
able to travel at somewhat simi
lar speeds.
If, when that time comes, you
are able to command the price
of a ticket, you can take off on
a Friday afternoon, spend the
week end ANYWHERE IN THE
WORLD YOU CHOOSE and be
back in time to go to work on
Monday morning.
GOING on with predictions:
The atomic energy commis
sion forecasts today the develop
ment of tiny atomic batteries
that will be powerful enough to
run equipment in guided mis
siles and SPACE CRAFT.
It says in its semi-annual re
port that it already has an atom
ic battery SMALLER THAN A
DIME but powerful enough to
rmn a wrist watch for five years.
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-M-M-M-Jd-M.
That means that the time
will come when travel to the
moon will be a cinch which
doesn't interest me, because
there isn't supposed to be any
air on the moon and I like to
breathe. -But
If a rudimentary atomic bat
tery the size of a dime wUl run
a wrist watch lor live years, it
stands- to reason that ft
PER-1
delegate Valerian A. Zorin an
agreed Allied inspection plan.
In West Berlin, the United
States, Britain, France and West
Germany issued a joint declara
tion asserting that a free elec
tion to reunify all Germany must
be a part of any general Euro
pean settlment of cold war
issues.
It is certain that Russia will
continue to refuse an election,
knowing it would mean the ab
sorption of Communist' East
Germany into Western Germany.
Hence the chief effect of the
declaration was to give West
German Chancellor K o n r a d
Adenauer fresh material in his
campaign for the West. German
parliamentary election to be held
Sept. 15.
Argentina held its first nat
ional election since the over
throw of Dictator Juan D. Peron
in September, 1855.
The election was held to
choose a 205-member constituent
assembly. The assembly is to
decide whether to alter the 1853
More Office Space
For Congress Coming
By Congressional Quarterly
Washington (CO) Coneress
plans to spend over ?150 million
for more elbow TOom. ' 1
The result is a face-lifting of
Capitol Hill that is putting tour
ist guidebooks out of date.
Tourists1 now. streaming into
the. city puzzle' over a new mar-'
ble building going up on one
side of Capitol Hill and an exca
vation going down in the other.
The white marble structure is
the $23.4 million sister to the ex
isting Senate Office building,
while the huge hole is the site of
a $100. 'million third House- Of
fice building. '
The given reason for' this ex
pansion project is that Congress
needs , Increased working space
to- fulfill Its increased responsi
bilities. As House Speaker Sam
Rayburn (D-Tex.) outs it: "We
need this additional room in or
der-for the Congress of the U.S.
to perform its functions to serve
Itself and to serve the American
people."
The new buildings and altera
tions Of existing ones will give
committees more space, each sen
ator will get a five-room instead
of a, four-room suite and each
representative a three-room suite
instead of two rooms.
Dissents
Dissenting remarks about the
expansion plans range from a
comment by Rep. Edward P. Bo
land .(D-Mass.) that congressmen
need another room "as much as
ihey need another hole, in their
heads," to a suggestion by Rep,
Clare I. Hoffman (R-Mich.) that
the House building excavation
be filled up with foreign aid
money because "at least we will
know where it is.'
; When-Rep. Roy VT. Wier (D-
Minn. learned that ' the hotel
where he lives was going to be
taken over by the government so
representatives would have
place to work while their two ex
isting office buildings were be
ing altered, he said, "May I sug
gest that if you are going to give
all of us three rooms, would the
committee provide me with a
sleeping room in that third room
where your receptionist Is sup-
Communications
Letter to the Editor must bear
the nam and address of the writer
although under, certain circum
stances the use ct a pen name or
initial for publication is permia
lbl. The Mail Tribune reserve
the richt to edit all Utters with
an eye to clarification and conden
sation. Letters submitted for pub
lication must not exceed 400 words
Want Parking Vote '
To the Editor: I have a com
ment to make in reference to
this $50,000 Offstreet Parking
item.. $50,000 is . a lot of tax
money from a large number of
persons. I - belie ve that the tax
payers should have a say so on
how it is spent.:
Therefore. I propose that the
City Council indicate to the peo
ple their plan for a specific off-,
street parking area and also the
general location. Then show that
plan tothe people whose money
will, be spent, for the purpose
and- ask for their general ap
proval by way of a vote as was
done a short: 'time ago.-
I do not favor council action
on a matter that was defeated by
vote of the people less than
seven months ,ago. Especially
when there is no specific plan
either good or bad. I ask you
what is wrong with letting the
taxpayers decide the issue?
This question was asked at
the city budget meeting and no
answer was given. As a city tax
payer, I would still like an an
swer. - .
William Doembach,
143 Mace rd.,
Modford, ' Ore. .
FECTZD atomic battery the size
of a spare tire might run an au
tomobile for a year.
That's more intriguing.
A NYWAY
If all these predictions come
true, the coming generation
won't suffer from "boredom,
s
Argentine Constitution so as to
Jimit the powers of the presi
dent and, if possible, prevent
the rise of another dictator like
Peron.
Moderate parties supporting
the government of provisional
President Pedro Arambuiy won
118 seats in the constituent as
sembly. Theywil try to amend
the Constitution. Opposition
parties; who oppose constitu
tional reform, won the remain
ing 87 seats.
A feature of the election was
that about 2 million blank bal
lots were cast, , or about 25 per
cent of the total. Dictator Peron.
in exile in Venezuela, had urged
his supporters to cast blank bal
lots. Soviet Russia, seeking better
relations with independent
Communist President Tito of
Yugoslavia, agreed to extend
him credits totaling 250 million
dollars. Russia had agreed pre
viously to extend the credits,
but reneged when Tito criticized
its brutal suppression of the
Hungarian revolt.
posed to sit in her lonesome-
ness?"
Such remarks had little effect
and the building goes on as plan
ned. . The Senate Office build
ing is expected to be finished
next spring and the House one
early- in 1961. Details of the
House plans are not completed
but the Senate ones are.
The new Senate Office build
ing will house everything from
a gymnasium to a school for the
76 pages who run errands In the
House, Senate and Supreme
court.
Each senator within his five
room and three-lavatory suite
will have a private office 21 feet
square. He can furnish it with
anything from a bear rug to an
$800 vibrating chair. Furnish
ings are not being bought
through competitive bidding,
each senator selecting his own.
Vibrators
Until -recently, sample furni--
ing-Senate Office building. A
chair equipped with three sep
arate switches, each ooked up to
a vibrator in a different part of
the -chair,' was among the items
on display..
The special chair set off some
vibrations in the House cham-.
ber when the bill to authorise
furnishings for the Senate build
ing came up for . a vote. Said
Rep. J. Harry McGregon (P j
Ohio): "I am sure that the me-
bers of the other body are .x
pendable the same as are the
members of this body. Maybe
when a new member of the other
body comes in he might not like
the vibrating chair his predeces
sor had and, such being the case,
Lwe might again have to pay an
other $800 in order that the new
member of the other body may
hav the right vibration in the
right spot." The bill passed in
tact. The subway system which
hooks up the Senate Office
building with the Capitol so sen
ators can ride to vote easily will
be extended to the new office
building. The same type of rap
id transit will be built on the
House side.
Other face-lifting authorized
by Congress includes a $40 mil
lion alteration and extension of
the east" front of the Capitol
building itself. This is a source
of intense debate among the art-
conscious. . In addition, there is
a bill pending to buy $5 million
worth of more land on Capitol
Hill for" future expansion and
overall Beauty.
(Copyright 1957,
Congressional Quarterly Inc.)
Burns Girl Saves
Boy From Death
Bend W A five-year-old
boy was rescued Thursday after
noon after he fell into the
Deschutes river at Mirror park
here and police credited an 18-
year-old Burns girl with saving
his life.
David Rasmussen. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert R. Rasmussen
of Bend, fell into the stream
while fishing from a footbridge.
David's brother screamed and
Gail Hannan of Burns dashed to
the bank ,dove in and swam out
to the boy.
The current carried her down
stream but she managed to keep
a grip on the boy. : - '
Police, who also had been
summoned, heard her cry out
and city officers Dean Hunt 'and
Bob Lubcke swam to the rescue.
They managed to get them into
a boat which had gone to their
aid.
Ray Hasstad, a state police
man who lives nearby, applied
artificial respiration to the boy
who was half conscious. The
youth -was taken to a hospital
where his condition was pro
nounced satisfactory.
Police said that if the girl had
not jumped into the rescue tha '
boy probably would, hava
drowned.